Category:Old Irish terms by usage

Old Irish terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.

• Category:Old Irish derogatory terms: Old Irish terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Old Irish hapax legomena: Old Irish terms that are attested only once in the entire corpus.
• Category:Old Irish higher register terms: Old Irish terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Old Irish nonstandard terms: Old Irish terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:Old Irish poetic terms: Old Irish terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Old Irish rare terms: Old Irish terms that are rare in general use, for whatever reason.
• Category:Old Irish terms with archaic senses: Old Irish terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
• Category:Old Irish terms with historical senses: Old Irish terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Old Irish terms with rare senses: Old Irish rarely used terms or terms with rarely used senses.
• Category:Old Irish terms with uncertain meaning: Old Irish terms whose meaning is unknown or disputed.